Rating: PG13
Genre:
Culture & Society
Theatrical Release: 12/19/2003(USA
Release Date: 05/11/2004
SubTitles: French/Por/Espanol/Japanese
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 107 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar
Former Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara is the sole focus of documentarian
Errol Morris's
The Fog of War, a film that not only analyzes
McNamara's controversial decisions during the first half of the Vietnam War, but also his childhood upbringing, his education at Berkley and Harvard, his involvement in World War II, and his later years as president of the World Bank. Culling footage from almost 20 hours of interviews with the Secretary,
Morris details key moments from
McNamara's career, including the 1945 bombing of Tokyo, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and President
Kennedy's suggestions to the Secretary that the U.S. remove itself from Vietnam. Throughout the film, the 85-year-old
McNamara expounds his philosophies on international conflict, and shows regret and pride in equal measure for, respectively, his mistakes and accomplishments.
~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide
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